Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official...

Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official director general said that the number of convicts facing the death sentence has risen to 609. The figure represents an increase of 100 since March, he said.The total includes 522 men and 87 women. Apart from 30 already on death row, there are 579 convicts who have been given death sentences but are appealing the decisions. By category of crime, narcotics law offences total 444, and crimes against life total 165.Male death sentence prisoners are detained at Central Prison Bang Khwang and their female counterparts at Central Corrections Institute for Female Convicts Bang Khen.